S2E242 Drive to Survive with Derek Daly
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to go from good to great to extraordinary? In this episode, legendary Formula 1 driver Derek Daly describes his meteoric rise from a working-class childhood in Dublin to a professional world-class racer and shares how the principles of high-performance sports can help you to overcome adversity and achieve phenomenal success in business and life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why support is crucial.
· Why desire is critical to success.
· The difference between going fast and being fast.
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NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“No matter what doors are open, you have to walk through the door yourself to make things happen.” – Derek Daly
“The next path to most people's success is already within their network. They just don't quite know it yet.” – Derek Daly
“We're all in control of the legacy that we leave.” – Derek Daly
“Performance is personal, but high performance is highly personal.” – Derek Daly
“Families create the communities. Communities create the success stories.” – Derek Daly
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, the podcast for entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.6 | Here's your host, founder of America's largest business coaching company, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:18.4 | Well, top of the morning to you and welcome to It's a Good Life. I'm your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:23.3 | And you know, since 2016, this show has endeavored to bring you guests with mindset, motivation, and methodology for success. |
| 0:31.4 | Today might be, I'm always thinking of you guys, but I got to say today might be the most self-indulgent interview I've ever done. |
| 0:38.6 | Because growing up in Dublin, especially in the suburb of Dublin called Dundrum, there was one man who was like, he was the icon of all of us kids when we were grown up. |
| 0:49.9 | Because not only did he get up out of the neighborhood, but on an international scale, he became a Formula One driver. |
| 0:56.9 | And his name is Derek Daly. |
| 0:58.7 | And I'm going to admit that when I was a kid, I was a fan boy, as my kids would call it today. |
| 1:04.8 | And Derek, like all Irish, he had to work his way up. |
| 1:08.6 | And eventually he had 49 starts in Formula One, did some remarkable things, |
| 1:13.3 | and has gone on to do remarkable things since. |
| 1:15.8 | And with just the absolute explosive growth of the Formula One race and the Drive to Survive |
| 1:22.3 | show, all my kids are now Formula One fans because of that Netflix show. |
| 1:26.2 | I thought today would be great. |
| 1:28.2 | And Derek has not only been a race car driver, |
| 1:30.9 | and the master of fast, |
| 1:32.3 | we used to call him when we were kids, |
| 1:34.6 | but he's an entrepreneur. |
| 1:35.6 | He's a best-selling author. |
| 1:36.5 | He's been on the network television scene for 25 years. |
| 1:40.2 | He competed against world champions. |
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